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UNINA9910971361603321 |
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Autore |
Gould Eliga H |
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Titolo |
Among the powers of the earth : the American Revolution and the making of a new world empire / / Eliga H. Gould |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2012 |
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9780674065024 |
0674065026 |
9780674068261 |
0674068262 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
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International relations - United States |
United States Foreign relations 1775-1783 |
United States Foreign relations 1783-1815 |
United States International status History |
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Influence |
United States Territorial expansion |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- MAPS -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. On the Margins of Europe -- Chapter 2. The Law of Slavery -- Chapter 3. Pax Britannica -- Chapter 4. Independence -- Chapter 5. A Slaveholding Republic -- Chapter 6. The New World and the Old -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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For most Americans, the Revolution's main achievement is summed up by the phrase "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Yet far from a straightforward attempt to be free of Old World laws and customs, the American founding was also a bid for inclusion in the community of nations as it existed in 1776. America aspired to diplomatic recognition under international law and the authority to become a colonizing power itself. As Eliga Gould shows in this reappraisal of American history, the Revolution was an international transformation of the first importance. To conform to the public law of Europe's imperial powers, Americans crafted a union nearly as centralized as the one they had overthrown, |
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endured taxes heavier than any they had faced as British colonists, and remained entangled with European Atlantic empires long after the Revolution ended. No factor weighed more heavily on Americans than the legally plural Atlantic where they hoped to build their empire. Gould follows the region's transfiguration from a fluid periphery with its own rules and norms to a place where people of all descriptions were expected to abide by the laws of Western Europe-"civilized" laws that precluded neither slavery nor the dispossession of Native Americans. |
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UNINA9910974559903321 |
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Autore |
El-Bendary Mohamed <1966-> |
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Titolo |
The Egyptian press and coverage of local and international events / / Mohamed El-Bendary |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2010 |
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979-82-16-29068-1 |
1-283-61404-9 |
0-7391-4520-7 |
9786613926494 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (180 p.) |
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Press - Egypt - History - 21st century |
Crises - Press coverage - Egypt |
Press and politics - Egypt - History - 21st century |
Public opinion - Egypt |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The Egyptian press -- Theoretical perspectives -- Protesters in Pharaohs' land : Egyptian newspaper coverage of the Sudanese refugees riot -- Who is responsible? characterization of the Red Sea ferry disaster in Egyptian magazines -- Images of the 2006 Lebanese War in al-Ahram, al-Hayat, and Asharq al-Awsat -- Rising tension in U.S.-Egyptian relations -- Obama's speech to the Muslim world: an open hand of friendship. |
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The book focuses on the Egyptian press since Egyptian newspapers and magazines deserve study because of their large readership. Written in Cairo, the author offers an in depth analysis of the state of various press systems in Egypt. It qualitatively and quantitatively examines the press's framing of three regional crises: Israel's War on Lebanon in July 2006, sinking of Al-Salam 98 ferry in February 2006, and the protest by Sudanese refugees in Cairo in December 2005. |
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